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IMPROVEMENT IN NETS. EUR FISHING.

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Be it known that L BENJAMIN ARNOLD, of East Greenwich, in the county of Kent, in the State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvement-s in Making Nets and Netting for Fishing and other purposes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and correct description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My present improvements diifer from those upon which the ofiice allowed 'my application for va patent, January 7, 1867, in this respect: In that case'I used a full-sized twine, in connection with a strand or small twine; in this, I use the strand or small twine exclusively. l

Figure 1 shows a piece of netting partially finished, showing the mannerin whichv the netting operation proceeds from loop to loop. This netting 'is begunin the same way'as in making netting inthe usual manner, that is, by taking successive bights of a cord to formvthe first loops,'which cord may be afterwards trimmed ofi, if desired. 4

Figure 2 shows how a part of the knot is made with the loop of the last row of meshes, a half turn having been made init.

Figure 3. The lower part ofthe half turn a is laid upon one of the arms sof the mesh-loop, and in .Figure 4 the same' arm is brought through the half turn, Jsoaking-as in myiformer, application, av bight of twine, s, projecting through a half hitch, so called, and is ready for the passage of the hook c, upon which the loop of fresh twine is held.

Figure 5. The hook o, having passed through the free strand c, is caught by it, and'is drawn (Figure 6) hack' through both the meshloop and strand-loop z, until enough twine is drawnthrough the loops to form the next mesh.

Figure '7 shows the loops all ready to be drawn up into a knot, which is don-c by tightening the mesh-twine n, and drawing the bight out of the half hitch, which draws the small twine through the'same, and secures it (see Figure 8.) Then the same process is gone through with thc next loop, back and forward across the side of the netting, until it is large enough. v

Figure 9 shows a variation in the work when a-number of twines and hooks are used at the same time, and the knotiloops are made inthe twine between the last row f knots and the hooks o o o, instead of the last row of meshes, as before. To start this net, form a series 'of loops, such as are'represented on the hooks in iig. 9, which are made by taking the end of each twine and doubling, so as to form a. bight witha long twine by the side of it; tie the upper ends of the twine together, and secure them to a series of pins; then, by putting the, hooks o o into these bights, and twisting the three parts of the twine together, they will appear as in the lower part of fig.`9, ready to proceed with, as hereinafteridescribed. Y

Nigure 10 shows a half turn 'taken in the twines, through which ari arm of the mesh is drawn, as in g. 4. Figure 11 shows the hooks o o o, with the loops e of strand-twine on them, passed through the loops d d, to catch and draw through the free strand-twines c c.

Figure 12. The strands are drawn through, and v Figure I3 shows the knots or loops ready to he drawn-up, as before, in fig. 8, which finishes the knots, and r the twines and hooks, as in iig. 9, are ready to go through the same operation with the twine next to them,

always in one direction, instead of backwards and forwards, as in iig. 1.

The strands and loops on the hooks may be twisted between the knots or not, as may be preferred, by means of thehooks o. The manner of making the large loops maybe varied in several ways, without changing materially the principle oi' the knot, which is a very secure/one.

Some ofthe advantages oi' making netting this way are, that it can be made faster, as the twine can be used from large spools, without the great loss of time occasioned by having to iill shuttles. It'canbe made cheaper, asthe process' of doubling'aud twisting the twine previously is dispensed with.

Having thus described my invention, what I claimand desire to'secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The method herein described, oi' interlooping, twisting, and forming a net of a continuous length of cord, substantially as described.

, 2. I claim netting constructed as herein described, as a new article of manufacture.

BENJAMIN ARNOLD.

Witnesses:

Homes N. Fosrnn, WM. D. ARNOLD. 

